15:17 <bookworm>: Belmont Stakes live chat!
15:18 <bookworm>: Justify racing for a Triple Crown!!
15:18 <bookworm>: Get NBC on you don't want to miss this!
15:18 <bookworm>: Walkover is just starting
15:21 <bookworm>: Bob Baffert is currently tied for most Triple Crown race wins; if Justify wins this he'll set the record
15:21 <bookworm>: How fitting would it be to take it with a race that actually wins a Triple Crown? That would be awesome
15:23 <JamesGryphon>: If you're tied for wins, wouldn't you necessarily have to win to break that record?
15:24 <bookworm>: Is that not what I said?
15:24 <bookworm>: He tied the record at the Preakness
15:26 <JamesGryphon>: I guess I took it to mean "Triple Crown" as in only those that were part of a horse achieving the Triple Crown, not the races that are part of that 'circuit'.
15:26 <bookworm>: Triple Crown races
15:26 <bookworm>: There are three a year
15:27 <bookworm>: He's won 14
15:28 <bookworm>: This would be 15, a record
15:28 <JamesGryphon>: Okay.
15:29 <bookworm>: If we're talking about the Triple Crown itself, he would tie the record I think
15:29 <bookworm>: I believe one other trainer won it twice
15:30 <bookworm>: Though he well could have been going for his third here, Real Quiet lost it literally by a nose some years ago
15:30 <bookworm>: Heartbreaker
15:33 <bookworm>: Riders up!
15:33 <bookworm>: Connie you got this on?
15:34 <JamesGryphon>: I guess you'll have to update me.
15:35 <JamesGryphon>: Apparently the online radio source is down.
15:36 <bookworm>: Stream it
15:36 <bookworm>: NBC Sports
15:36 <JamesGryphon>: I don't have any of that.
15:36 <bookworm>: It's free to preview the stream
15:37 <bookworm>: Probably just for an hour, but that's plenty of time
15:37 <bookworm>: You only need three minutes so it's good to go!
15:37 <bookworm>: Call to post!
15:38 <bookworm>: The Burger King is with Bob Baffert
15:38 <bookworm>: There's a reason but I don't know what it is
15:40 <JamesGryphon>: Gronk looks kinda lethargic.
15:40 <bookworm>: The horse or player?
15:40 <bookworm>:
15:40 <JamesGryphon>: Horse.
15:41 <bookworm>: I don't know what's up with that one
15:41 <bookworm>: He was a big story at the start, but didn't end up running the Derby as planned
15:41 <bookworm>: Got sick or something
15:41 <bookworm>: Then went and raced overseas instead
15:41 <bookworm>: This is his first US race
15:43 <bookworm>: Bob has another horse in this
15:43 <JamesGryphon>: Yeah, I saw.
15:43 <bookworm>: It would be kind of funny if that one wins
15:44 <bookworm>: Still gets the record but not the big win
15:44 <JamesGryphon>: Would he the trainer (but not the horse) be a "Triple Crown winner"?
15:44 <JamesGryphon>: After all, technically his horses would have won all three races.
15:44 <bookworm>: Has to be the same horse
15:45 <bookworm>: This is it!
15:49 <bookworm>: In the gate...
15:50 <bookworm>: They're off!!
15:51 <JamesGryphon>: Mine's a bit delayed.
15:51 <JamesGryphon>: They're still loading on mine.
15:54 <JamesGryphon>: That's it!
15:55 <JamesGryphon>: Gronk really turned out doing okay.
15:55 <JamesGryphon>: Saving his energy, I guess.
15:56 <bookworm>: YEEESSS!!!!!!
15:56 <bookworm>: Justify!!!!
15:56 <bookworm>: He waited so long to turn him loose!
15:57 <bookworm>: So impressive!
15:57 <bookworm>: Mike Smith, oldest jockey to win the Triple Crown at 52
15:59 <bookworm>: This is awesome